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Why artist statements feel impossible to write

I got accepted to show at an important venue but they want me to write an artist statement and every time I try to explain my work in words it sounds pretentious or shallow

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The translation of intuitive creative process into intellectual language often reveals the gap between making and explaining.

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